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Fri, December 11th, 2009, 12:15 AM
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I found a few pics of my '94 F350
I was not able to pull the truck out of the mud we had to use the tractor.
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Sat, December 19th, 2009, 03:48 PM
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first and third are the of the last load of hay this fall... relatively small load... only 5 ton i believe.... the middle is the work truck haulin the ole Chevy/Perkins Diesel home from storage...
all the same trailer, 30ft Snake River tandem dual 20K...
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Sun, December 20th, 2009, 01:15 AM
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What do you have for brakes on this trailer?? I have 2 32' goosenecks flat beds, and a 36' aluminum stock trailer, with 10k HD dexter axels and I put electric over Kodiak hydralic disc brakes on them what a huge difference you don't even need truck brakes and they work just as well in reverse. You ever back down a gravel drive way with 10 tons of hay on??
It cost $550 (www.kodiaktrailer.com) per axel, $350 (Redneck trailers) for the elec/hydo unit, and like $75 (NAPA)for brake lines, hoses and fitings. They make an 11" and a 13" style rotor, also they use a 1 ton early 90's GM caliper so you can buy the brakes at any auto parts store. I run the 11" rotors on the trailer with the 16" rims and the 13" rotors on the with 19.5" rims. Thats another thing I bought a bunch on 8 lug 19.5" GM P-chassie rims, had a machine shop cut the pilot hole to 4.75" and I use 225/75/19.5 14 ply tires and they where like iron. I buy them wholesale for $135 each. I must have 150,000 miles on my 19.5" trailer tires and they still have half tread, I think you can get 3-4 time more life out of the 19.5 then the 10 ply 235/85/16, also they are rated for 3600# dual as opposed to 2778# on the 16's. As soon as I come up with more 19.5" rims I will out fit my other trailers with this set up, the also work well on pre '97 ford dullies. happy hay hauling, Jay
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Sun, December 20th, 2009, 04:55 AM
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yea i had Elec/hydro put on when i bought the trailer... after some hair raising experiences with the 5er RV, i decided to spend the extra money... its definitely a nice thing to have especially since i like the trailer to do most of the braking anyway...
yea the heavier tires would be nice.... i need to upsize and when i do, i might order something with 19.5's....
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Sun, December 20th, 2009, 10:40 AM
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if you call local truck junk yards you should be able to buy those 19.5 rims for $20 to $50
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